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Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow grew up in an unconventional ... In 1927 Darrow and the American Civil Liberties Union appealed the case before the Tennessee Supreme Court. John Scopes' conviction was overturned ...
Workers' Liberty19d
The Scopes trial: issues then and now
There are a number of interesting facets to the 1925 “Monkey Trial”, or “Scopes Trial” as it was also called, which the film ...
On centennial of the Scopes trial, Chicagoans honor Clarence Darrow at Jackson Park bridge named in his honor
The Chicago-based lawyer led the charge in multiple high-profile cases, including defending Tennessee high school teacher Thomas Scopes for teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in the ...
9 Fundamental Facts About the ACLU
The group was founded during World War I to defend Americans’ First Amendment freedoms. Over the years, that mission has ...
Hyde Park Herald3d
Clarence Darrow’s spirit summoned anew as bridge repairs draw funding
As he has done every year for almost two decades, Scott Burgh, a retired law library director, descended the grassy incline ...
The Independent4d
How an anti-evolution law a century ago set up an infamous showdown over religion in public schools
In response, the American Civil Liberties Union put out an ad offering ... and powerful speakers William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow. Bryan, a former secretary of state who ran for ...
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On centennial of the Scopes trial, Chicagoans honor Clarence Darrow at Jackson Park bridge named in his honor
Nina Helstein has been celebrating the memory of lawyer and Hyde Park resident Clarence Darrow with other Chicagoans ... attack when it comes to our civil liberties and our rights,” state ...